Rebirth 1989: My Unlucky Career

Not only Yalikov was confused, but even Sun Xiaoyu didn't understand what Zhao Zhuo was trying to do.

"Zhao Zhuo, why did you come to me so mysteriously?"

Sun Xiaoyu asked.

"Of course something has happened, and it is a good thing that is beneficial to both of us."

Hearing this, Sun Xiaoyu couldn't help but become interested and asked with a smile:

"What, you're not going to give me a few of these five trucks, are you?"

Zhao Zhuo shook his head:

"That's definitely impossible hahahaha."

Hearing this, Sun Xiaoyu couldn't help but feel a little disappointed and a little anxious.

After all, she came to purchase trucks this time because there was a batch of wood that was in urgent need of transportation.

But after Zhao Zhuo shook his head, what he said immediately made Sun Xiaoyu smile:

"But, these five trucks can just solve your current transportation problem!"

"yes!"

Sun Xiaoyu clapped her thigh excitedly:

"How could I forget this!"

She only thought of purchasing trucks to solve the transportation problem, but she didn't expect that Zhao Zhuo could help her.

"Zhao Zhuo, what you mean is that you can use these five trucks to help me transport goods."

Zhao Zhuo smiled and nodded:

"Don't you have a batch of wood that you want to transport back to China from the Soviet Union? I'm here to help you transport it."

"Then how much are you going to charge for the shipping fee?"

There is no such thing as a free lunch. Sun Xiaoyu naturally thought of this question.

Zhao Zhuo smiled slightly:

“The freight is easy to say, it’s enough to cover the cost of my trip.

However, you have to find the truck driver, and after the lumber arrives, you have to ask the driver to help me drive these trucks back to Fengtian."

Sun Xiaoyu thought for a moment and nodded:

"That's no problem! We have several drivers who know how to drive in the lumber factory. I can call them and ask them to come here today."

The two parties hit it off immediately and reached a cooperation agreement.

In this way, Zhao Zhuo not only saves transportation costs with these vehicles, but also does not even need to find a driver.

Sun Xiaoyu also solved the problem of wood transportation.

After the problem was solved, Sun Xiaoyu looked at Zhao Zhuo thoughtfully.

"Why, do you have any more questions?"

Zhao Zhuo felt Sun Xiaoyu's gaze and couldn't help asking.

Sun Xiaoyu shook his head:

"There is no problem with cooperation. I just think you are really interesting."

Zhao Zhuo smiled slightly:

"Oh, where's the fun?"

Sun Xiaoyu said calmly:

"I failed in the bidding this time. I was ready to leave. I never thought there would be any chance of cooperation between us. But you can think of helping each other with your competitors. This pattern is better than mine."

Hearing Sun Xiaoyu's frankness, Zhao Zhuo also said:

"I have never regarded you as a competitor, because I always firmly believe that there are no eternal friends and enemies in business, only eternal interests."

As soon as he said this, Sun Xiaoyu's eyes suddenly lit up and he couldn't help but mutter to himself and repeat:

"There are no eternal friends and enemies, only eternal interests..."

Saying that, Sun Xiaoyu looked at Zhao Zhuo solemnly:

"Been taught a lesson!"

…

In the next few days, because they had to wait for the arrival of Sun Xiaoyu's driver and the delivery of canned salted fish, the few of them stayed at the Dala Automobile Factory.

Taking advantage of this opportunity, Zhao Zhuo walked around the town.

And it was after this careful understanding that Zhao Zhuocai was surprised to find that the industry of Dala Automobile Factory was far beyond his imagination.

As a state-owned enterprise in heavy industry, Dara Automobile Factory once had thousands of employees.

Most of these employees live in the town of Dara, so there are thousands of families and 10,000 to 20,000 people.

And this is far more than that. Because when the factory's profits were good, these employees and their families could live very well just on the wages of the automobile factory, so no one engaged in other occupations.

As a result, outsiders flocked to Dala Town to engage in service industries such as hairdressing, restaurants, clothing, department stores, etc.

As a result, the entire town of Dara had a population of 40,000 to 50,000 at its peak!

In other words, a car factory can lead to the emergence of a town!

This is the influence of centralized mass production by state-owned enterprises!

However, as spectacular as it was at its peak, it is so lonely now.

Looking at today's Dala Town, there are not many people on the street, and the shops on the street that used to be prosperous have all put up sublease signs.

The gap and impact caused by the decline of the state-owned economy made Zhao Zhuo fall into deep thought.

It is true that the problems the Soviet Union is encountering now will not be encountered by China.

However, Zhao Zhuo knew that due to the restructuring of state-owned enterprises in China, a wave of layoffs was about to begin.

By then, countless employees who have been prepared to stay in state-owned factories and enterprises for a lifetime will find it very difficult to adapt to the change in status and will be confused in the process of marketization.

The place where this situation is most serious is Fengtian!

Thinking of this, Zhao Zhuo couldn't help but feel a little worried.

As far as he is concerned, the wave of layoffs will naturally not have any impact on him. After all, his business is already booming and he is fully enjoying the dividends brought by reform and the disintegration of the Soviet Union.

But from the perspective of social responsibility, Zhao Zhuo felt that he should do something.

Those who are great in business serve the country and the people.

Zhao Zhuo is practicing this sentence with every move he makes.

…

After waiting for five days in Dala Town, Sun Xiaoyu's driver and the canned salted fish shipped from China finally arrived.

Zhao Zhuo and Kirill completed the handover and officially obtained ownership of the five trucks.

After that, Zhao Zhuo and Sun Xiaoyu didn't stay much.

Five trucks went straight to Tomsk, where a large amount of timber was eagerly waiting to be transported.

After several hours of journey, when we arrived in Tomsk, it was already evening.

"It's too late today. Walking at night will be risky. Let's rest for the night before walking?"

Sun Xiaoyu asked Zhao Zhuo for his opinion.

Zhao Zhuo naturally didn't care. After all, he was not in a hurry. He nodded after hearing this.

After talking along the way, Zhao Zhuo also gained a deeper understanding of Sun Xiaoyu.

The Sun family was originally engaged in the furniture business in China.

Later, with the disintegration of the Soviet Union, the price of logs in the Soviet Union dropped again and again, almost to the price of cabbage.

Sun's father keenly discovered this situation and made a prompt decision to quickly acquire a state-owned logging farm in Tomsk that was about to close down.

Tomsk is only over 100 kilometers away from the border and is close to a huge virgin forest, giving it some excellent geographical location.

Therefore, the Sun family operated a furniture factory in China. Whenever there was a need for wood, they would directly harvest the wood from Tomsk and transport it back to China for processing.

This business model, from logs to furniture, has brought huge profits to the Sun family.